Time for ‘truth commission’ on Spain’s banking black hole
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Spain’s radical left calls for ‘truth commission’ on the ’causes’ and culprits for the country’s giant banking ‘hole’ United Left has reiterated calls for a ‘truth commission’ on the causes...
Belarus, Russia: An Online Charity Auction with People for Sale
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The idea of auctions as a fundraising tool is not a new one in the charity world. Sometimes, there is even a market for people: dinners with celebrities and business-breakfasts are sold under the hammer, too. Now, Belorussian and Russian projects are...
Songs, but not of freedom
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SundayTHANK goodness the winner of this year’s Eurovision was the raven-haired Swedish singer Loreen, and not the other favourite, the dotty Russian grandmothers with their surrealistic rotating oven. At least in Stockholm the song contest's beleag...
Monday miscellany
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Stuff the (Single) Market -- with canapés;Tax the Rich -- lightly ... “A Kat reflects”. On 12 June 2012 this member of the IPKat weblog team takes time off from his gruelling training schedule ahead of the London Blogging Olympics O******s in o...
Toasting Mark Frankland
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The loggia at the Chelsea Arts Club was heated by the beating sun and the chatter of predominantly Observer hacks, past and present, at a celebratory lunch today to remember the life. work and personality of Mark Frankland, the man who played the ro...
Why I write (or: Too much BS)
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Books… are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with ‘em, then we grow out of ‘em and leave ‘em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development. ― Dorothy L. Sayers The above quote, which I love, is even ̷...
Europa muss nach Syrien
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Es brauchte offenbar ein Massaker wie das am Wochenende in Hula, damit Europa sich bewegt. Massaker gab es im syrischen Bürgerkrieg auch früher, aber dieses scheint besonders in Großbritannien einen Nerv getroffen zu haben. In London wird die Ford...
Kiss intra-EU trade goodbye?
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There are so many scenarios floating around re the future of the Eurozone and the EU. One thought of mine: If the EU does indeed dis-integrate, then exporter economiee, members of the EU (eg Germany and the Netherlands) can most probably kiss...
Katonomics 18: the Olympics -- or should that be Olympigs?
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In this, the sixth and final post in her third Katonomics series, the ever-competitive Doctor Nicola Searle goes for Gold when she takes on her toughest assignment yet: an IP-sensitive economic appraisal of the Olympic Games: What do Olym...
Russia: Modernization and reform – from Stolypin to Medvedev
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Versiunea în limba română poate fi citită aici. In Moscow apparently dumbfounded, literally and figuratively, Vladimir Putin left his office from the White House and went to the Kremlin where Medvedev expected to return the function that was entr...
Why Habima’s Merchant of Venice must go ahead
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Left-wing playwright Howard Brenton puts the particular case in a letter to the Graun: I was sad to see the letter (30 March) from many eminent theatre workers – including David Calder, Mark Rylance, Harriet Walter, Roger Lloyd Pack, Cherie Lunghi...
Why Habima’s Merchant of Venice must go ahead
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Left-wing playwright Howard Brenton puts the particular case in a letter to the Graun: I was sad to see the letter (30 March) from many eminent theatre workers – including David Calder, Mark Rylance, Harriet Walter, Roger Lloyd Pack, Cherie Lunghi...
My European Dream
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From dream to reality. After about one year of work and editing, Valentin Chaput introduces us his vision of the European Union from the point of view of a hundred of young people he met within the EU-27, in Croatia … Continue reading →...
Vatican Courts
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The Worden Report asks an excellent question about the Vati-leaks case: What exactly are we meant to think about a criminal trial in Vatican courts concerning a crime where the Pope himself is both the victim and the sole ruler of the country? While...
Vatican Courts
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The Worden Report asks an excellent question about the Vati-leaks case: What exactly are we meant to think about a criminal trial in Vatican courts concerning a crime where the Pope himself is both the victim and the sole ruler of the country?While I...
The Parliament’s Gossip
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This month the plenary session of the European Parliament was held between 21 and 24 May. During this time there were many talks about the treatment of Yulia Tymoshenko in the Ukraine and whether or not the European Championship football … Cont...
War is declared
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He didn’t wait for the final outcome of the next legislatives to attack. François Fillon, former Nicolas Sarkozy PM and candidate to the National Assembly, recently declared there was no natural leader in the UMP since the leave of Nicolas …...
EU Says Hello Again To Putin
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The European Union holds a summit with Russia with once-and-current president, Vladimir Putin, once again at the other side of the table...
Lagarde on Greece
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There’s nothing like a bit of unexpected truth to get people upset. Christine Lagarde said this:[W]hile this might come as a surprise to Greeks suffering under extreme austerity, some say Lagarde’s approach to the eurozone is less draconian...
Lagarde on Greece
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There’s nothing like a bit of unexpected truth to get people upset. Christine Lagarde said this: [W]hile this might come as a surprise to Greeks suffering under extreme austerity, some say Lagarde’s approach to the eurozone is less dracon...
"Grexit has already happened" by George Irvin
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While the punters speculate on the outcome of the Greek election on 17 June, in truth ‘Grexit’ has already happened. Because of massive withdrawals from the Greek banking system, the country is on emergency life support from the ECB. First, follo...
"Grexit has happened" by George Irvin
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While the punters speculate on the outcome of the Greek election on 17 June, in truth ‘Grexit’ has already happened. Because of massive withdrawals from the Greek banking system, the country is on emergency life support from the ECB. First, follo...
"Sian Jones (EAPN) on Youth Unemployment" by Sian Jones
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Sian Jones, policy coordinator of the European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) talk to Social Europe Journal about the youth unemployment crisis in Europe. This interview is part of a project on youth unemployment in Europe run by the Friedrich-Ebert-St...
M&A flows and the (slippy) FX market
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M&A flows and their impact on currencies are an especially hard thing to get a grip on – cause and effect can get quite muddied.A recent note from UBS analyst Chris...
Umowy ramowe z wojskiem: nowe zamowienia czy realizacja zawartej umowy?
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Rada Ministrów przyjela w dniu 8 maja 2012 r. projekt nowelizacji ustawy Prawo zamówien publicznych, który ma implementowac do polskiego porzadku prawnego tzw. dyrektywe obronna. Co za tym idzie, wszelkie nowe zamówienia w...
